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The Media group welcomed
Jocelyn Hay of the Voice of
the Listener and
Viewer (VLV), when she came to speak
to them in March.
Jocelyn related the history of
VLV’s inception in 1983, following the
Falklands war.
The BBC had won the scoop of reporting the
war, over ITV.
At that time, there was a realisation that
there was no true representative consumer
organisation, except Mary Whitehouse. Hence
VLV was conceived.
VLV has 2000 members – corporate
and academic; they support and connect with
students.
Subsequently, it has become a vital consumer
instrument in the world of Television, Radio, Media
and latterly the Arts. VLV has been instrumental in
addressing many of the main areas in these fields
such as:
·
Governance of the BBC
·
the Licence Fee
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ITV: termination of Children’s television, Religious
programming and limitation of Arts’ programmes
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BBC and other terrestrial channels' programming
cutbacks
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Challenging Ofcom regarding the narrowness of their
content board.
Jocelyn emphasised that VLV is
additionally concentrating on other major areas such
as:
·
the
Digital Switchover
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the Future of Public Broadcasting
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the Future Funding of BBC
·
the Future of Arts.
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